It’s been an all-action weekend of football in Argentina to conclude the regular season, with only the relegation playoffs (which start this Thursday) and the Copa Argentina final now left of the domestic season. River Plate beat Almirante Brown 2-0 to return to the Primera División at the first opportunity – I was there! – and on Sunday Arsenal de Sarandí claimed their first league title and Tigre, though they only drew with Independiente, survived in the relegation battle thanks to San Lorenzo’s 3-1 win over San Martín – a result which also relegated Banfield and meant San Lorenzo scraped into the playoffs. All the weekend’s results, scorers and goals (from all Primera matches and the main Nacional B ones) are right here.

Olimpo and Banfield are relegated, whilst San Lorenzo (against Instituto) and San Martín de San Juan (against Rosario Central) enter the relegation playoffs. Tigre missed out on the title playoff due to being held by Independiente, but won’t care too much; they’ve managed what seemed at the start of the season to be an impossible task, and have stayed in the Primera División. Their reward? They’d already qualified (via the 2011 year-long table) for this year’s Copa Sudamericana, and the fact they’ve avoided the relegation playoffs means they’ll now be allowed to enter it, along with Independiente, Racing, Argentinos, Colón, and either Boca Juniors – should they win the Copa Argentina final against Racing – or Estudiantes, should Boca lose.

These results leave Desamparados and Atlanta relegated, whilst Guillermo Brown and Chacarita will go into the relegation playoffs. River Plate win Nacional B and return to the Primera at the first time of asking, whilst they’re joined by another side who were relegated last season; Quilmes. Instituto will play San Lorenzo in the playoffs, whilst Central will take on San Martín de San Juan.